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NBC News White House correspondent Chuck Todd took to Twitter to hammer Donald Trump Tuesday as reports of his interest in a gubernatorial run in the state of New York began to circulate: @anamariecox @aterkel are we really going to

I’ve remained silent long enough. I am disgusted and offended by Touré, Don Lemon, Piers Morgan and all the other cable news hosts who continue to insist that Santa Claus is a man. In their continued effort to demonize Megyn

For years, apologists for Phil Griffin’s debacle of a news network, MSNBC, have rationalized their ratings failures by claiming that their audience may be smaller than Fox News, but it’s younger and stronger in the key “money demo” of adults

“Full disclosure: I once worked in the office of the director of National Intelligence, where I saw firsthand how secretly the NSA operates,” intoned CBS reporter John Miller when introducing his “60 Minutes” segment on the embattled spy agency Sunday

National Public Radio announced a major new expansion into multimedia and digital platforms Monday thanks to $17 million in new grants from four foundations including the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Joining the foundation established by the Microsoft founder is

Mike Huckabee ran interference for Speaker John Boehner the other day by lecturing tea party activists and organizations for their criticism of the recent budget deal crafted by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA). Huckabee, a former

“The View” host Whoopi Goldberg was asked on Bravo TV’s “Watch What Happens Live” to teach us her talent. It’s a regular segment on the late night talk show hosted by Andy Cohen. What might be an embarrassment to Goldberg’s

The Director of Maryland’s troubled health exchange resigned Friday after two months of embarrassing failures and controversies. Rebecca Pearce has been under fire in the politically influential state of Maryland ever since the October 1 launch of the glitchy and

MSNBC analyst Joan Walsh compared Barack Obama to the late Nelson Mandela and has tried to “model reconciliation” after the late Nelson Mandela. “I think this president has tried, against odds, to model reconciliation and has turned the other cheek

Clear Channel announced Thursday that progressive talker KTLK “Diverse LA” will flip format to an all-conservative line-up and will be re-branded “Patriot 1150.” KTLK’s foundering liberal line-up had included Stephanie Miller, Randi Rhodes, and Bill Press. KTLK’s ratings have been

In a bizarre segment on CNN, host Don Lemon asked Rabbi Gary Moskowitz to demonstrate self-defense techniques for individuals concerned about the dangerous “knockout game” assaults. One would not instinctively think a rabbi is best suited to teach self-defense techniques, but

A truck carrying radioactive waste has been stolen in a small town near Mexico City, Mexico according to the IAEA. The International Atomic Energy Agency says the truck was carrying cobalt-60, used for radiotherapy treatment to combat cancer. An IAEA

You couldn’t turn on the television or radio Monday without seeing or hearing a discussion of drones delivering packages to your home. Monday was “Cyber Monday,” the day set aside as the highest volume sales day of the year. Every

CNN’s analyst LZ Granderson has defended President Obama’s outright lies about Obamacare with some of the most insidious, cynical logic seen in recent years. According to Granderson, the American people have rationalized the health insurance lies fed to them by

CNN morning host Chris Cuomo interviewed the Governor of New York about yesterday’s deadly train derailment Monday morning. Normally this would be a routine and un-noteworthy segment except in this case the Governor of New York is Cuomo’s brother, Andrew

In what has become a bizarre tradition, CNN’s Wolf Blitzer appeared on the Soul Train Music Awards Sunday night. While reading awkwardly from the tele-prompter, Blitzer confessed he liked to dance the “Dougie” and sing Chaka Khan in the shower.

Last week, Breitbart Editor John Nolte described how 38 news agencies wrote a formal letter of complaint over the Obama Administration’s continued exclusive use of an “official White House photographer” for capturing images of the President that have traditionally been

The Associated Press and Al-Monitor kept US-Iran nuclear containment talks secret until after they had reached their conclusion this past weekend. The AP claims they didn’t run with the story because they couldn’t get the White House or State Department

CNN’s Wolf Blitzer has never been accused of being the smoothest, most polished cable news personality. But his “deer in a headlights” awkward on-air style reached new heights (or lows) this weekend when he wrapped up a report on the

People Magazine has named Maroon 5 frontman and The Voice co-star Adam Levine as its “Sexiest Man Alive 2013.” Tattooed ‘Maroon 5′ frontman Adam Levine has been named People’s “Sexiest Man Alive,” the magazine revealed late Tuesday. “As a musician,

David Shuster took to Twitter to hammer MSNBC and his old boss Phil Griffin for giving Martin Bashir a free pass after his disgusting comments about Sarah Palin last week. The liberal commentator and journalist has a pretty good working

Former Clinton White House legal counsel Lanny Davis says it’s time to “hit the reset button” on Obamacare. Davis, a long-time Clinton advisor, also conceded that the Affordable Care Act, as envisioned by then-candidate Hillary Clinton (and eventually embraced by

On Tuesday we reported that radio talk show host Chris Plante discovered President Barack Obama had neglected to use the phrase “under God” when reciting the Gettysburg Address for a Ken Burns film project. The push-back on the story was

Residents, tourists and politicians in the District of Columbia will soon see NSA surveillance whistle-blower Edward Snowden’s face plastered across Metro Busses with the provocative message: “Thank You, Edward Snowden.” The campaign is funded by The Partnership for Civil Justice Fund,

CNN has named Jake Tapper as Erin Burnett’s replacement host while she is out on maternity leave. According to a CNN press release, Tapper will anchor “Erin Burnett Outfront” for the weeks of December 2nd, 9th and 16th, from 7